Seven-Character Ancient Verse I: Life Is a Dream — What Kind of Dream?
2006/6/22 15:13:31
Life is a dream — what kind of dream?
Wild geese descend on autumn hills, the moon sinks in the lake
Half a lifetime forever bearing a thousand years of grievance
A whole life forever standing at the fork of two paths
Who seeks life and who seeks death?
Who is master and who is slave?
Who arrives at the gateless, pathless place?
The gateless gate was long since entered — the dead man's cave
Who is lost and who is awakened?
Who is pure and who is foul?
Who possesses the unattainable, the unverifiable?
The unattainable has already withered the great tree
In the dead man's cave, gnawing the great tree
In Zhuangzi's dream, provoking the butterfly to weep
Tears shatter the autumn moon beneath mountain and lake
Startled geese look back — arriving at Tianzhu
缠中说禅 2006/6/25 14:51:27
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